Walther Funk

Walther Funk
Funk in 1943
Reichsminister of Economics
In office
5 February 1938 – 2 May 1945
PresidentAdolf Hitler (Führer)
Karl Dönitz
ChancellorAdolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Preceded byHermann Göring
Succeeded byOffice abolished
President of the Reichsbank
In office
19 January 1939 – 8 May 1945
Preceded byHjalmar Schacht
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Reich Press Chief and State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
In office
13 March 1933 – 26 November 1937
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOtto Dietrich
Personal details
Born(1890-08-18)18 August 1890
Danzkehmen, East Prussia, German Empire
Died31 May 1960(1960-05-31) (aged 69)
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partyNazi Party
SpouseLuise Schmidt-Sieben
ProfessionEconomist
Criminal conviction
Criminal statusDeceased
Conviction(s)Crimes of aggression
War crimes
Crimes against humanity
TrialNuremberg trials
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment

Walther Immanuel Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reich Minister for Economic Affairs (1938–1945) and president of Reichsbank (1939–1945). During his incumbency, he oversaw the mobilization of the German economy for rearmament and arrangement of forced labor in concentration camps.[1] After the war he was tried and convicted as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Sentenced to life in prison, he remained incarcerated until he was released on health grounds in 1957. He died three years later.

  1. ^ William L. Shirer. (1960). "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich". Simon and Schuster. New York. p. 491